Molting

In the second space, "Molting," a series of paper-thin sheets of a silvery material, lies uneasily on the floor, ragged of edge and susceptible to every breeze.

NYT > Home Page By ROBERTA SMITH 2010

Molting penguins look so ratty, disheveled, and miserable that visitors at the aquarium often asked if our birds were sick, prompting another lesson on this unusual phenomenon.

The Great Penguin Rescue Dyan DeNapoli 2010

Molting goldfinches still tell us that we're seeing transients at the feeders -- different patterns of blotches, and while the same birds may show more yellow from day to day, they won't show less . . .

Frosty jhetley 2009

The Chinese character for this means the "pelt", change by Molting, as in the great revolutions connected with changes of governments and great social transformations.

Share the Joy. The World Has a New President of the USA 2009

Molting means that the quality of crustacean flesh is highly variable, and this is why wild harvests are seasonal, with the seasons depending on the particular animal and location.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

The Crustacean Cuticle, Molting, and Seasonal Quality Another defining characteristic of the crustaceans is a “shell” or cuticle made up of chitin, a network of molecules that are something of a hybrid between carbohydrates and proteins.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

Molting means that the quality of crustacean flesh is highly variable, and this is why wild harvests are seasonal, with the seasons depending on the particular animal and location.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

The Crustacean Cuticle, Molting, and Seasonal Quality Another defining characteristic of the crustaceans is a “shell” or cuticle made up of chitin, a network of molecules that are something of a hybrid between carbohydrates and proteins.

On Food and Cooking, The Science and Lore of the Kitchen Harold McGee 2004

August, the Molting Moon, went by; the young ones were now three parts grown.

Lobo, Rag and Vixen Being The Personal Histories Of Lobo, Redruff, Raggylug & Vixen Ernest Thompson Seton 1903

Molting Moon -- and the wolves were not hunting, the owls had lost their voice, the foxes slunk with the silence of shadows, and even the beavers had begun to cease their labors.

Baree, Son of Kazan James Oliver Curwood 1903